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although the obama administration says it more than doubled the capacity of the insurance marketplace to handle 50,000 users at a time, after five weeks of trouble shooting. by late are morning, more than 375,000 people had gone into the site, landing in a virtual waiting room that holds their place in an on-line queue. but if the front end remains slow, the insurers say the big problem is the back end of the marketplace, the actual planned enrollment system continues to generate faulty information. >> the health care plans are receiving enrollment files that have problems, including missing or inaccurate information. and in some cases, they are not receiving the health care files at all. >> reporter: in many cases, they have to enroll them by hand. >> having the complete enrollment information is essential for coverage to be able to begin on january first. >> reporter: the state and federal exchange have generated more than 230,000 confirmed elections through november 30th. insurers already back logged trying to process the applications, worrying that they won't be able to handle the
although the obama administration says it more than doubled the capacity of the insurance marketplace to handle 50,000 users at a time, after five weeks of trouble shooting. by late are morning, more than 375,000 people had gone into the site, landing in a virtual waiting room that holds their place in an on-line queue. but if the front end remains slow, the insurers say the big problem is the back end of the marketplace, the actual planned enrollment system continues to generate faulty...
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staffed at the highest levels by people who were staffing the obama administration at the highest -- >> peter orszag, who was obama's -- >> -- director of management and budget director. now at citi. >> high level at citi. jake siewert who was a chief counselor to tim geithner, secretary of treasury -- they were doing all kinds of battle with goldman sachs during the first term, especially after the financial crisis. jake is now the head of communications for goldman sachs. i mean, you -- >> and so, many of them have a connection to someone else who figures prominent in your book, robert rubin. >> yeah, robert rubin -- >> was clinton's treasury secretary. >> there's always been a symbiosis between wall street and washington to some degree. but i think the clinton era introduced a whole new level of magnitude to this. and bob rubin, who was the sort of storied head of goldman sachs for many years, coming to take the reins of treasury was really -- i mean, he was a real guru. and brought a lot of protÉges, larry summers being the biggest example, to town. tim geithner being another on
staffed at the highest levels by people who were staffing the obama administration at the highest -- >> peter orszag, who was obama's -- >> -- director of management and budget director. now at citi. >> high level at citi. jake siewert who was a chief counselor to tim geithner, secretary of treasury -- they were doing all kinds of battle with goldman sachs during the first term, especially after the financial crisis. jake is now the head of communications for goldman sachs. i...
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they were granted asylum here in 2010, but the obama administration decided to appeal that ruling and the family ultimately lost. their attorney told me today he's having a hard time understanding why this administration has con so much to stop arrests and deportations for illegal immigrants but is actively trying to deport this family. >> the fact that we have room for 12 million and not room for one family tells you there's something amiss about this administration. >> pie the way, bret, this family could lose custody of their children if forced to go back to germany and they don't go to school there. >> all along they have argued this family doesn't qualify, they're not part of a recognized social group that should be given asylum and that's how we've ended up at the supreme court. and when their family attorney that we talked to there filed with the supreme court, the administration took the step of deciding not to file any type of response. so just days before the justices were scheduled to vote on whether or not to take up this case, the supreme court ordered this administration
they were granted asylum here in 2010, but the obama administration decided to appeal that ruling and the family ultimately lost. their attorney told me today he's having a hard time understanding why this administration has con so much to stop arrests and deportations for illegal immigrants but is actively trying to deport this family. >> the fact that we have room for 12 million and not room for one family tells you there's something amiss about this administration. >> pie the...
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the obama administration official in charge of fixing the obamacare site. he said there is a night and day difference between the health care.gov website that launched on october 1 in the one working today. wartime here. cording to the white house, a five-week technology surge has doubled the website capcity and equipment can handle 30,000 consumers at the same time. and with some good reason. this is the page that came up when our colleague peter ducey logon. a page of gibberish filled with question marks. andit's not just frustrated consumers but insurers say that they are still dealing with an obamacare mass because function ha not even been built yet. and that means the administration's goal of enrolling 7 million people by the end of march, well, that could be the latest in what has turned out to be a string of second term failures for this president. chief white house correspondent ed henry has more on what is actually different about health care.gov. reporter: president obma's aides struggled to explain whether they really met the deadline to fix hea
the obama administration official in charge of fixing the obamacare site. he said there is a night and day difference between the health care.gov website that launched on october 1 in the one working today. wartime here. cording to the white house, a five-week technology surge has doubled the website capcity and equipment can handle 30,000 consumers at the same time. and with some good reason. this is the page that came up when our colleague peter ducey logon. a page of gibberish filled with...
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look, it's not just the obama administration's fault. it's the bush administration's fault. the cheap dollar policy creates financial bubbles. who can take advantage of financial bubble? the rich. the poor always have to sell out at the bottom. number one. number two, the regulatory creep that occurred under bush and has accelerated under obama h made it very difficult to expand in areas where you typically find high wage blue collar jobs, in transportation, energy extraction ando on. i hope rick will be pleased to hear that i'm not blaming this entirely on president obama. >> well, on the other hand, mike, president obama's solution to all this and they're saying it in europe, the imf is saying it, is to have this global wealth tax, to tax the rich more, to bring the rich down, that will help income disparity. what do you think of that plan? >> as we've seen under president obama, david, the exact opposite happens. one of the areas where obama has really hurt the economy is with small businesses. his investment tax increase really hurts small business. it went from 35% to 4
look, it's not just the obama administration's fault. it's the bush administration's fault. the cheap dollar policy creates financial bubbles. who can take advantage of financial bubble? the rich. the poor always have to sell out at the bottom. number one. number two, the regulatory creep that occurred under bush and has accelerated under obama h made it very difficult to expand in areas where you typically find high wage blue collar jobs, in transportation, energy extraction ando on. i hope...
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the obamacare dsaster, the crisis of credibility for the obama administration and brad thor joins us in a budget deal still on capitol hill as the clock ticks down. the "a-team" on the political prospect in the book that the atf didn't want you to see and that attorney general eric holder insisted that you not. we will be joined by john dobson and his new book much more straight ahead. the chinese aircft carrier is on its way to the south china sea and afghanistan signed an agreement of cooperation with iran, but not with the ited states. general tom mcinerney joins us nextto a possessed the success or failure of the obama foreign lou: two days of talks to work out the details of implementing last months and around nuclear deals and specifically the two sides need to settle the start date of iran's promise of a six-month nuclear freeze and how it will be monitored and when sanctions against iran will be eased. in a permanent deal is taking a number of very serious obstacles. holding talks with top government officials and the drawdown of american forces from neighboring afghanistan.
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the obama administration now says the president briefly lived with the man when he, barack obama and arrived in massachusetts in the late 1980's to attend harvard law schoo. back in 2011 the white house claimed that the two men had never met. the white house, the explanation now, they forgot to ask the president himself about the relationship and base their claims on a review of the president's records, including his memoir, which apparently will be further reviewed them. a new report showing hackers recently broke into almost 2 million accounts aren't a will, facebook, twitt, young, and other social media that according to a chicago-based cyber security furnaces the hacker stall nearly one-half million website lawyer and credentialssand re-entered and 20 e-mail account credentials buried in the christmas spirit escaping to women in philadelphia, as you see here. the two started an all-out brawl, and i do mean all-out brawl at a tree lighting ceremony as they jostle for a better view attempting to get truly into the christmas spirit. we are back with the "a-team". want to start, if i
the obama administration now says the president briefly lived with the man when he, barack obama and arrived in massachusetts in the late 1980's to attend harvard law schoo. back in 2011 the white house claimed that the two men had never met. the white house, the explanation now, they forgot to ask the president himself about the relationship and base their claims on a review of the president's records, including his memoir, which apparently will be further reviewed them. a new report showing...
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as a matter of record the obama administration is being criticized for the record number of deportations under president obama's watch. it's against the law and the evidence proposing for this is thin. first of all, he selects a, he cherry picks a number of recent hires so we don't have the whole picture of the hires. >> he says it's 40. >> he says 40 >> it's 40 but we don't know. have you to present and in order to present an investigation to with more system mattic. >> let me let you finish your point. he says they're granting a position to have 14 new attorney positions but begged for more, then, suddenly said they're given information to hire 40 plus new attorneys and said all of them, new ones have these activist back grounds go ahead. >> well, so, again, we don't have the whole fick tour in terms of numbers. a percentage of those under general counsel's office but secondary criteria he uses to select afillation seems to be sloppy. one of the areas he uses is one of the recent attorneys is a pub of a clinic at harvard law school. another was an attorney worked for lutheran church at
as a matter of record the obama administration is being criticized for the record number of deportations under president obama's watch. it's against the law and the evidence proposing for this is thin. first of all, he selects a, he cherry picks a number of recent hires so we don't have the whole picture of the hires. >> he says it's 40. >> he says 40 >> it's 40 but we don't know. have you to present and in order to present an investigation to with more system mattic. >>...
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as a matter of record the obama administration has been criticized for the record number of deportations that have gone on under president obama's watch. they have been criticized from the left. as for christian adams's allegations it is against the law to use ideological or political affiliation to hire civil service employees. the evidence he proposes is thin. first of all, he cherry picks a small number of the hires. we don't have -- >> he said it's 40 attorneys. >> but we don't know -- in order to present the investigation you have to be more systematic to present 40. there are many more than 40 attorneys at i.c.e. >> he said they were granted permission to have 14 new positions. they begged for more and suddenly, he said, they were given permission to hire 40-plus new attorneys. he said virtually all of the new ones have activist backgrounds. that's his charge. go ahead. >> we don't have the full picture in terms of hiring and to use his criteria of left-leaning affiliation. secondly the criteria he uses to suggest political or ideological affiliation is sloppy. one of the criteria,
as a matter of record the obama administration has been criticized for the record number of deportations that have gone on under president obama's watch. they have been criticized from the left. as for christian adams's allegations it is against the law to use ideological or political affiliation to hire civil service employees. the evidence he proposes is thin. first of all, he cherry picks a small number of the hires. we don't have -- >> he said it's 40 attorneys. >> but we don't...
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it was a decision -- sean, that is a decision by the insurance companies, not by the obama administration. >> stop it. you have to understand something. >> this is a decision by the insurance company. >> stop for a second. it's not true. we have a president that said if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor if you pay for it. that's not what the president promised. >> i have said before i am disappointed in the categorically untrue statements made by the president. >> thank you. in this case the blame is on the insurance companies. [ speaking at the same time ] >> in the mayo clinic they were denied and petitioned insurance companies to be allowed to be include and they expanded it. >> this is the problem. i think politically, long term for the president and democrats. every day, every week, every month people get cannes litigations, rate shock -- cancellations, rate shock and the understanding they can't go to sloan or md anderson. for a president consumed with inequality in america this exacerbates it and ensures a two-tier system.
it was a decision -- sean, that is a decision by the insurance companies, not by the obama administration. >> stop it. you have to understand something. >> this is a decision by the insurance company. >> stop for a second. it's not true. we have a president that said if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor if you pay for it. that's not what the president promised. >> i have said before i am disappointed in the...
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>> domestically the administration has its hands full with obama care. on the foreign policy front, there is a potential bump in the road with iran sanctions in that there is a potential bipartisan deal in congress to move forward -- >> brett, right. we are hearing tonight that senator lindsey graham and several republicans joined by democratic senators, among them chuck schumer of new york, senior man in the democratic leadership, will hold a news conference on tuesday to announce they will introduce a bill that will apply more stringent sanctions on iran unless they meet a set of conditions within six months. far stronger than any imposed so far and would resemble the shape of what they hope will be the final outcome of the negotiation. if the negotiation don't get us there, these sanctions would take effect. >> that is embarrassing for the administration. >> it would be, if they say it strengthens the administration's hands. and the problem is these sanctions might easily pass the senate and if they pass the senate, they will almost certainly pass the
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the obama administration, this is their baby. they've got to tell the american people, give us some guidance, but i think it needs to be delayed. they have got to find a way to just give confirmation to somebody who signed up, and if you have signed up, go print something out, because i mean, i don't know what else to do other than say create a record of what you've done. >> yeah. boy, that's not very encouraging. >> yes. >> congressman chaffetz, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> here's a question, what happened to affordable in affordable care act. aca is what they want it to be known as, despite skyrocketing costs for patients, for doctors, for employers. the grand prize winner of the obama video care contest is called "forget about the price tag." ♪ you're young, you're wild, you're free, but you need to stay healthy ♪ ♪ there's no excuse to be uninsured, just stop for a minute and think ♪ ♪ you're not immune to all disease, take advantage of this opportunity ♪ ♪ keep your mind at ease and get the security,
the obama administration, this is their baby. they've got to tell the american people, give us some guidance, but i think it needs to be delayed. they have got to find a way to just give confirmation to somebody who signed up, and if you have signed up, go print something out, because i mean, i don't know what else to do other than say create a record of what you've done. >> yeah. boy, that's not very encouraging. >> yes. >> congressman chaffetz, thank you very much. >>...
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simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ lou: obama administration officialreport more progress with healthcare.gov. they now say that the site fails just about 10 percent of the time. back in octor that failure rate was 25%. government officials also say over three and a half million consumers visited the site from midnight sunday antonin today, but the obama administration still will not tell us what the november enrollment numbers are or how many people actually have insurance. insurers are still complaining that the healthcare applications that they do receive are riddled with errors. and the house energy and commerce committee releasing new e-mails showing that administration officials knew that they need to delay the health care exchange for small businesses as early as august, but it was not until six weeks later on september 26 that the administration actually announced that it was delaying the on-line portal for small business. energy and commerce committee chairman fred upton said, about that revelation, as the paper trail broadens, we see more a more evi
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you could sue the obama administration. some of the spokesmen could have gone to jail. this is about politics. mark my words. write down the date. democrats are facing election in 2014 and won't be able to with stand the burden of the bill. it was built on a house of lies. the fundamental precept of the bill doesn't make sense. >> when will they break? they haven't broken yet. >> stay tuned. the more we talk about the flaws in the bill, the more notices that come out, the more employers that send outleters to double the premiums to say on the plan. it will affect the political marketplace. the private sector marketplace is ahead of the political marketplace. they will be merging soon. it takes people like us talking about a better alternative and the reality of the bill. what mr. eman uel told you was a distortion. if americans had heard what he said they never would have gotten 60 votes. >> that's a good point. appreciate it. >>> coming up, another day, another bad report to share with with you about obama care. there are certain hospitals you won't be able to go to. c
you could sue the obama administration. some of the spokesmen could have gone to jail. this is about politics. mark my words. write down the date. democrats are facing election in 2014 and won't be able to with stand the burden of the bill. it was built on a house of lies. the fundamental precept of the bill doesn't make sense. >> when will they break? they haven't broken yet. >> stay tuned. the more we talk about the flaws in the bill, the more notices that come out, the more...
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the obamacare disaster, the crisis of credibility for the obama administration and brad thor joins us in a budget deal still on capitol hill as the clock ticks down. the "a-team" on the political prospect in the book that the atf didn't want you to see and that attorney general eric holder insisted that you not. we will be joined by john dobson and his new book much more straight ahead. the chinese aircraft carrier is on its way to the south china sea and afghanistan signed an agreement of cooperation with iran, but not with the united states. general tom mcinerney joins us next to a possessed the success or failure of the obama foreign policy. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. mm. mm-hmm. [ enne revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz your wish list at the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the
the obamacare disaster, the crisis of credibility for the obama administration and brad thor joins us in a budget deal still on capitol hill as the clock ticks down. the "a-team" on the political prospect in the book that the atf didn't want you to see and that attorney general eric holder insisted that you not. we will be joined by john dobson and his new book much more straight ahead. the chinese aircraft carrier is on its way to the south china sea and afghanistan signed an...
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the obama administration has assertive in the realm of the next six policy -- domestic policy. regulatory actions that bush executive power beyond all limits. obama is the first president since richard nixon to ignore and enacted law simply because he disagrees with it. in place of the checks and balances established by the constitution, president obama that "i refuse to take no for an answer." "where congress won't act, i will." throughout the obama presidency, we have seen a pattern. president obama circumvents congress when he does not get his way. while congress is currently debating how to reform our immigration laws, the president effectively and acted himself byct ordering immigration officials to stop enforcing immigration laws against certain unlawful immigrants. get hiscouldn't preferred change to the no child left behind education law, he testing accountability provisions. when he objected to the work waiversent, he granted that are specifically forbidden by the statutory text. instead of working with congress to amend federal drug policy, he has instructed prosecuto
the obama administration has assertive in the realm of the next six policy -- domestic policy. regulatory actions that bush executive power beyond all limits. obama is the first president since richard nixon to ignore and enacted law simply because he disagrees with it. in place of the checks and balances established by the constitution, president obama that "i refuse to take no for an answer." "where congress won't act, i will." throughout the obama presidency, we have seen...
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the number two republican senator lashing out at the obama administration. listen. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. to me, that's the one thing that i find most aggravating about what's happening in washington these days. particularly about this administration which is a lack of accountability. and the willingness to mislead people or provide them false information and expect to be able to move on. we have seen that most recently in the health care debate over if you like what you have, you can keep it. something that we can go back to 2010 and demonstrate that the department of health and human services knew was false. >>> joining me now, ben le bolt, founding partner of the incite agency, a strategy firm and worked on president obama's 2012 campaign. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> she suggests it's taken lyin to a new level. >> i think the comments were misguided and unfortunate. i think republicans have been rooting for the failure of the affordable care act rather than taking steps to strengthen it
the number two republican senator lashing out at the obama administration. listen. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. to me, that's the one thing that i find most aggravating about what's happening in washington these days. particularly about this administration which is a lack of accountability. and the willingness to mislead people or provide them false information and expect to be able to move on. we have seen that most recently in the health care...
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care website. >> is the obama administration confident that the young people, the young and healthy are really signing up and ginning this in order to support the older and more sick people? >> i think they're still concerned about that. >> what happens if we don't have the money? >> if we don't have the money in the next couple of years there's an ease off of subsidies that allow the insurance companies to still charge lower rates. >> so those people who think they got a good deal, their rates are going to go up. >> the rate also go up. the first real judge will be when the rates come out for 2015, 2016. then we'll know in the underpinnings of the obama care law is not working. otherwise the financing doesn't happen. >> nice to see you. rick kline of abc news. >>> and if that isn't grim enough, now states are trying to bail, trying to cut all ties with the botched website. next. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every doll
care website. >> is the obama administration confident that the young people, the young and healthy are really signing up and ginning this in order to support the older and more sick people? >> i think they're still concerned about that. >> what happens if we don't have the money? >> if we don't have the money in the next couple of years there's an ease off of subsidies that allow the insurance companies to still charge lower rates. >> so those people who think...
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bush secretary concord the obama administration to delay the mandate was wise. that was based on his experience in phasing in the medicare part d. prescription drug benefit. i have to say hyperventilating about an extraordinary and unprecedented constitutional these delays are is just that. it's contrary to the obvious historical fact. nor is the delay of the employer mandate on the front of the constitution. the framers could have prescribed to m believe that the president execute so why do they have faithfully and take care and i would have to disagree with professor rosenkranz and turley about their explanation of this in the original meaning of the clause. they were taking pains to clarify the president's duty is to implement the law in good faith and to exercise reasonable care with the word take care in doing so. the fact is that scholars on both left and right can' concors broadly worded phase to handle with fidelity to all including indeed the constitution. as a legal and practical matter, the president's phase in of the employer mandate and other provis
bush secretary concord the obama administration to delay the mandate was wise. that was based on his experience in phasing in the medicare part d. prescription drug benefit. i have to say hyperventilating about an extraordinary and unprecedented constitutional these delays are is just that. it's contrary to the obvious historical fact. nor is the delay of the employer mandate on the front of the constitution. the framers could have prescribed to m believe that the president execute so why do...
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pay the obama administration said this is it i mean this year that ends and they've missed out why in two thousand and eleven they missed two thousand and twelve they said we're finishing this by the end of the year and what those leaks reveal is there a long way off now you can never underestimate the ability of like our break in at the last minute but in twelve hours going to know yes or no is the t p p down in twenty thirteen if it doesn't get finished it starts to call into question the whole project because it's been going on in going on and going on and what this leak shows is there's a lot of disagreement over things that are disagreeable and so at what point either does the administration say we're stopping we're not going to push this corporate agenda or the other countries cave in with the other countries are basically beaten about the head nears and they haven't caved in so now as the u.s. gets a crack down on the corporate jet we'll see a very wall of thanks so much for being with us. in other news while the president tries to push the country into yet another destructive
pay the obama administration said this is it i mean this year that ends and they've missed out why in two thousand and eleven they missed two thousand and twelve they said we're finishing this by the end of the year and what those leaks reveal is there a long way off now you can never underestimate the ability of like our break in at the last minute but in twelve hours going to know yes or no is the t p p down in twenty thirteen if it doesn't get finished it starts to call into question the...
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so alan gross's family wants the obama administration to get more involved. >> libby other efforts are underway to free alan gross. >> reporter: well the family is gathering here outside the white house in just a short amount of time. and they are also trying to put pressure on the u.s. senate. more than 60 senators have put their signatures to the push for more action. the senators can't asking for the u.s. crede ground to cuba, but they want the white house to be more involved. >>> this afternoon there will be a campaign launched to promote the affordable care act. >>> the 85-year-old american held in north korea had reportedly supervised south korean gorillas during the war. the associated press said former members of the group were to meet newman at the airport. he served in this the korean war, and authorities say they are holding him to investigate war crimes. he was shown on north korean tv reading what north korean officials say was an apology. >>> vice president joe biden says he is concerned about china's expansion of the air defense zone in the east china sea biden told japa
so alan gross's family wants the obama administration to get more involved. >> libby other efforts are underway to free alan gross. >> reporter: well the family is gathering here outside the white house in just a short amount of time. and they are also trying to put pressure on the u.s. senate. more than 60 senators have put their signatures to the push for more action. the senators can't asking for the u.s. crede ground to cuba, but they want the white house to be more involved....
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. >>> the obama administration is making a push to get young, healthy americans to sign up for obama care but as the numbers are very slow to pick up, the architect of obama care told our own chris wallace today, it's a lack of promotion, not the botched rollout that is to blame for low enrollment. >> no one has launched a big pr campaign to get these people signed up because of the problems with the federal website. we are about to launch a big pr campaign and that, i think, is going to persuade a lot of people to sign up. >> the white house may not have started its latest pr campaign but state exchanges are certainly looking to attract younger demos using racy ads like this one with internet means like this one like hey, girl, and cutouts of actors like ryan gosling. still, almost half of millennials say they are not going to sign up. joining me is a columnist for the washington times, charlie herd. the president has been promoting this thing for four long years with all kinds of things like wild promises and now one of his own obama care architects says he hasn't promoted it enoug
. >>> the obama administration is making a push to get young, healthy americans to sign up for obama care but as the numbers are very slow to pick up, the architect of obama care told our own chris wallace today, it's a lack of promotion, not the botched rollout that is to blame for low enrollment. >> no one has launched a big pr campaign to get these people signed up because of the problems with the federal website. we are about to launch a big pr campaign and that, i think, is...
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but in this case, i really think the obama administration made a logical choice. it's about real estate, as you said, about savings, small savings. don't you think they could have packaged this a little bit better and not allowed the republicans to open the door to call this anti-catholic? come on, they really need that vote -- >> the republicans make the announcement. i'm with you, bad pr. >> i completely disagree, because they have been talking about making this move, merging the two -- >> since "w.." >> since "w," years and years. this is under jim nicholson they were talking about doing this. this is not obama, and you can't have it both ways. the republicans cannot say why did we not pay attention to valid security concerns in benghazi, but now when there are valid security concerns in italy, we should disregard those and, you know, keeping a good face on having this big building. >> let's get back to charlie -- >> here's a question i have -- >> charlie, can you hear me? >> this is a good -- >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> charlie, let's play one of the things
but in this case, i really think the obama administration made a logical choice. it's about real estate, as you said, about savings, small savings. don't you think they could have packaged this a little bit better and not allowed the republicans to open the door to call this anti-catholic? come on, they really need that vote -- >> the republicans make the announcement. i'm with you, bad pr. >> i completely disagree, because they have been talking about making this move, merging the...
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irony is that while republicans couldn't kill obama care, the administration almost could. >> good evening. president obama now finds himself compared to president george w. bush, as in the problems with the health care plan have become president obama's katrina. >> but today, the website is now fixed enough that it looks like obama care is really here to stay. the repeal strategy is dead and obama care is out of the icu. according to the administration, the error message rate for the front end of the website is less than 1%. that's down from about 6% last month. the site can now handle 50,000 users at a time, 800,000 per day. keep in mind, at one point, the site could handle only about 1,000 users at a time. >> this website is and will function effectively for the vast majority of users. >> not only is the website functioning better, enrollment is up, too. over 100,000 people have successfully selected plans in the federal exchange in november alone, up from the nearly 27,000 who did so in october. during the first few weeks of november, california's same exchange enrolled more people in
irony is that while republicans couldn't kill obama care, the administration almost could. >> good evening. president obama now finds himself compared to president george w. bush, as in the problems with the health care plan have become president obama's katrina. >> but today, the website is now fixed enough that it looks like obama care is really here to stay. the repeal strategy is dead and obama care is out of the icu. according to the administration, the error message rate for...
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administration. wait until you hear who is now basically going to be enforcing immigration policy in this country. >>> plus, just out for gift givers, the baby chair with the built in ipad holder. it's for infants. is this a good idea? you have time to shop for car insurance today? yeah. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? i'm looking at it right now. oh, yeah? yeah. what's the... guest room situation? the "name your price" tool, making the world a little more progressive. >>> a first on "the kelly file." an everyday mom details heart wrenching decisions her family is facing after finding out the cost of her health insurance may rise over 300%. trace spoke with her today. >> her name is julie dalton, and today, she spoke at a congressional field hearing about the american care act. she was emotional, compelling, and congress was listening closely. in 2009, her family dropped hea
administration. wait until you hear who is now basically going to be enforcing immigration policy in this country. >>> plus, just out for gift givers, the baby chair with the built in ipad holder. it's for infants. is this a good idea? you have time to shop for car insurance today? yeah. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? i'm looking at it right now....
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. >> however, when the online voting ended even though it looked like the obama administration was going to take a stand and caramel was going to get executed the white house tweeted, in fact, no, no, no, they're both going to live. >> stephen: that's right! our coward in chief wasn't satisfied pulling out of iraq and pulling out of afghanistan. now he's pulling out of turkey. (laughter) mr. president, what kind of message does this send the kids? what do parents say when their child looks up with those big wet eyes and ask: "mommy, why do things have to not die?" this is the weakening of our democracy! elections have consequences, sir! next you're going to tell me that the losing miss america contestants get to live! (laughter) well, nation, i for one am not going to stand for it. that's why i'm sitting. also why i've started a petition at colbertnation.com calling on president obama to live up to the duties of his office and execute caramel the turkey. (laughter). (cheers and applause) okay? so head to colbertnation.com and sign my petition. by the white house's own rules, if we get 10
. >> however, when the online voting ended even though it looked like the obama administration was going to take a stand and caramel was going to get executed the white house tweeted, in fact, no, no, no, they're both going to live. >> stephen: that's right! our coward in chief wasn't satisfied pulling out of iraq and pulling out of afghanistan. now he's pulling out of turkey. (laughter) mr. president, what kind of message does this send the kids? what do parents say when their...
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obama administration officials now admitting the records of roughly a quarter of the people who signed up on the site in october and november may have errors, big time mistakes. this month it could be one in ten. the errors involve electronic forms sent to insurers with people's information and if insurers don't have the right data they cannot complete the enrollment. joining us now to talk about it, susan, congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. good to see you. >> hi. >> for the first two months, one in four people who actually managed to sign up for obama care and that's not many, they didn't actually sign up for it. it strikes me as leading to utter chaos come january 1 when people try to go see their doctor and the doctor says, sorry, your insurance company has no record that you exist. >> that's right. there are some important details that came out of a press call from the center for medicare and medicaid late last week. one was -- the two numbers you just talked about, one in four people who signed up in beginning in october, that's still a big number of people
obama administration officials now admitting the records of roughly a quarter of the people who signed up on the site in october and november may have errors, big time mistakes. this month it could be one in ten. the errors involve electronic forms sent to insurers with people's information and if insurers don't have the right data they cannot complete the enrollment. joining us now to talk about it, susan, congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. good to see you. >> hi....
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as a result of that, the obama administration got a call saturday morning saying, without explanation, he was being released, and he suddenly appeared in beijing and got on a flight to the united states. this is what joe biden had to say. >> i offered him a ride home. but he got a direct flight to san francisco, his home. i don't blame him, i'd be on that flight too. >> also saying hereleased, got word on another u.s. citizen they were asking to be released. you know, that very public apology is often the way that they actually pave the way for citizens being released. not so in the case of kenneth bay. we will see what happens. good news today in san francisco for the newman family. >> good news indeed. we're glad he's home. did he actually say he wanted a cheeseburger and to see my wife? >> i think his wife came before the cheeseburger. that will be the most welcoming you can possibly get. kelly. >> all right, warming the food and the heart. thank you. >> that is such a relief. >> it is. >>> tributes are pouring in at the mandela family home in johannesburg. the iconic anti-aparthei
as a result of that, the obama administration got a call saturday morning saying, without explanation, he was being released, and he suddenly appeared in beijing and got on a flight to the united states. this is what joe biden had to say. >> i offered him a ride home. but he got a direct flight to san francisco, his home. i don't blame him, i'd be on that flight too. >> also saying hereleased, got word on another u.s. citizen they were asking to be released. you know, that very...
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administration's case for war with syria says the pulitzer prize winning journalist to accuse the obama administration of having quote cherry picked intelligence as it relates to syria's august twenty first chemical attack so why could it hurt print the story with his usual magazine the new yorker or the washington post r.t. political commentator sam sachs has more. this is pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist seymour hersh he's been exposing u.s. military intelligence scandals since vietnam and he's got a new scoop this one alleging that the obama administration cherry picked intelligence reports when it alleged that syrian president bashar al assad was behind the august twenty first chemical weapons attack near damascus published in the london review of books hersh argues the obama administration failed to acknowledge something known to the u.s. intelligence community the syrian army is not the only party in the country's civil war with access to sarah hersh goes on to say in the months before the attack the american intelligence agencies produced a series of highly classif
administration's case for war with syria says the pulitzer prize winning journalist to accuse the obama administration of having quote cherry picked intelligence as it relates to syria's august twenty first chemical attack so why could it hurt print the story with his usual magazine the new yorker or the washington post r.t. political commentator sam sachs has more. this is pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist seymour hersh he's been exposing u.s. military intelligence scandals since...
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. >> we also want to get your thoughts on this, on what the obama administration is calling an enrollment surge. they are pleased that 29,000 people signed up for obama care in the first 48 hours since their november 30 relaunch. you balance that against the fact that 5.6 million have had their insurance canceled. >> the administration likes to say that they're transparent. but what is 29,000 enrollees really mean? we don't know. >> but even if they were enrollees from start to finish, they're paid and all paid up, is that a good number? >> again, i would say we don't know, greta. we don't know. we've had testimony in congress on capitol hill saying that the back, the backup of this program is not working. the back end. >> is it finished? do you know if it's even finished? >> we don't know. in fact we're hearing now temporary payment plan to insurance companies. imagine this. we don't have income verification systems in place. because the president delayed that portion of the law. we don't have the ability to say to insurance companies, this person is eligible for a subsidy or not of the
. >> we also want to get your thoughts on this, on what the obama administration is calling an enrollment surge. they are pleased that 29,000 people signed up for obama care in the first 48 hours since their november 30 relaunch. you balance that against the fact that 5.6 million have had their insurance canceled. >> the administration likes to say that they're transparent. but what is 29,000 enrollees really mean? we don't know. >> but even if they were enrollees from start...
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these critics fault the obama administration for many things, but essentially, two kinds of things. one, making necessary adjustments in timing of implementation of laws, particularly the affordable care act. second, in matching immigration and enforcement priorities with available resources and practical humanitarian and other exigencies. exercising presidential judgment for such reasons is precisely what the constitution requires. is precisely what the framers expected when they established a separate executive branch under the direction of a nationally elected president and charged him to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. let's take a quick look at one of the targets of these charges. that is the phasing in of the aca employer mandate which has been called a blatant illegality and many other things. it is a routine temporary course correction. what did the administration do? it announced a decision to postpone for one year the january 1, 2014 effective date for the aca requirement that large employers provide their workers with health insurance or pay a tax. this an
these critics fault the obama administration for many things, but essentially, two kinds of things. one, making necessary adjustments in timing of implementation of laws, particularly the affordable care act. second, in matching immigration and enforcement priorities with available resources and practical humanitarian and other exigencies. exercising presidential judgment for such reasons is precisely what the constitution requires. is precisely what the framers expected when they established a...
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. ♪ ♪ ♪ lou: president obama is enrollment numbers, it is all bad news for the obama administration. am lou dobbs. hello, everyone. severely undercutting president obama's credibility an approval rating. a new fox poll shows half of voters believe president obama knowingly lied when he repeatedly told americans that they could keep their plan under his signature health care law. as for the number of americans who have signed on for health care insurance, the initial numbers are woefully short and far below their lowered expectations. 106,000 have eolled in health care plans in the state and federal exchanges through the first month obamacare. one fifth of what the officials had projected before the launch of health care dog of and the opening of exchanges accnted for only 27,000 of successful in moments, 80,000 of them originated in state-run insurance exchanges and secretary kathleen sibelius revealed below numbers and then open herself and the administration up to ridicule consistent with what maschuses, a state of only 6.5 million residents, experienced an initial rollout of romne
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has the obama administration gotten over the hump at this point? has the marshal plan with the website with increaseds functionality and more volume available solve some of the bigger problems? >> i don't think so. everyone can agree the launch was terrible. this artificial report card, they're grading themselves on an artificial deadline of november 30th. well, we seem to be better. some vague standard they've established. it's probably better than it was in the beginning but we're a long ways out of the woods. >> they say just over 100,000. >> i don't think they said that, actually. the administration said they don't know the numbers yet, but bloomberg put out the 100,000 numbers. they were looking for 800,000 in the first two months. it's clear that they're not going to reach that number, it's a shame. >> is there time to recoupe by 2014? >> i agree, this is something that has to be graded on the long haul but on multiple levels. i fully expect this website will continue to improve over time. you have a lot of smart software people working on it
has the obama administration gotten over the hump at this point? has the marshal plan with the website with increaseds functionality and more volume available solve some of the bigger problems? >> i don't think so. everyone can agree the launch was terrible. this artificial report card, they're grading themselves on an artificial deadline of november 30th. well, we seem to be better. some vague standard they've established. it's probably better than it was in the beginning but we're a...
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the obama administration says it met its deadline to fix healthcare.gov. but it is also telling people there is no rush to sign up. >> as more enrollment deadlines are pushed back, is the website the least of obamacare's problems? we'll ask two health care experts on opposite sides of the debate, james capretta and neera tanden. plus, our sunday panel weighs in on white house efforts to lower expectations for obamacare's online relaunch. then, skepticism over last week's deal with iran that president obama is calling a victory for diplomacy. >> we cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the world's problems. tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it's not the right thing for our security. >> but will the deal halt iran's nuclear ambitions? we'll discuss that and the growing confrontation with china with former cia and nsa director, general michael hayden. and our power player of the week this holiday season is not your typical turkey farmer. >> i'm really happiest when i'm engaged in working and thinking and striving. >> all, rig
the obama administration says it met its deadline to fix healthcare.gov. but it is also telling people there is no rush to sign up. >> as more enrollment deadlines are pushed back, is the website the least of obamacare's problems? we'll ask two health care experts on opposite sides of the debate, james capretta and neera tanden. plus, our sunday panel weighs in on white house efforts to lower expectations for obamacare's online relaunch. then, skepticism over last week's deal with iran...
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martha: one senator accusing president obama and his administration of lying. bob and andrea here to take this on. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. martha: texas senator john cornyn saying this during a google hangout session yesterday. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. to me that's the one thing i find most aggravating about what's happening in washington these days, and particularly about this administration which is a lack of accountability and the willingness to mislead people and provide false information and expect to be able to move on. we have seen that most recently in the healthcare debate over if you like what you have you can keep it. something we can go back to 2010 and demonstrate something the health and human services knew was false. martha: i'm joined by our friend bob bebl -- by bob beckel and aa tantaros. >> things like watergate, iran can extra --iran-contra. obama campaigned on trabs parent i. when you campaign on transparency you will be grade on transparency. you hav
martha: one senator accusing president obama and his administration of lying. bob and andrea here to take this on. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. martha: texas senator john cornyn saying this during a google hangout session yesterday. >> i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. to me that's the one thing i find most aggravating about what's happening in washington these days, and particularly about this administration...
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one thing everybody found out is that the obama administration was completely unprepared, even after those 3 1/2 years, was completely unprepared for this rollout of obamacare that started october 1st. remember subsidies are supposed to start flowing on january 1st. that is less than a month away. and the system, to which they're supposed to go isn't even built yet. melissa: no. in fact i saw an ad this morning, it was playing during my kids cartoons. it was unbelievable. said, don't forget you need to sign up by december 23rd. get on the website, sign up, if you don't do it by the you won't have health care by the fist. this is ad we paid for playing on morning children's television and still the website is not done and it is not safe. there are more and more folks out there saying it is rife with fraud. that the security isn't there. byron, would you go on and enter your information at this point? would you feel safe doing that? >> i would not. this is 19 days away that we're talking about. you have to remember there is so much politics is at play here. i think any reasonable perso
one thing everybody found out is that the obama administration was completely unprepared, even after those 3 1/2 years, was completely unprepared for this rollout of obamacare that started october 1st. remember subsidies are supposed to start flowing on january 1st. that is less than a month away. and the system, to which they're supposed to go isn't even built yet. melissa: no. in fact i saw an ad this morning, it was playing during my kids cartoons. it was unbelievable. said, don't forget you...
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the obama administration had promised the fixes by this past weekend. congress is watching closely, because the success or failure of healthcare reform is expected to be a critical factor in next year's midterm elections. already the botched rollout has put enrollment rates far below white house targets. consumers now have just a few weeks to sign up for coverage to begin on january 1. to handle the surge, the technology team is scrambling to make more upgrades to the website and warns too much traffic could still overwhelm the system. tara mergener, for cbs news, washington. >> the technology team is scrambling to fix glitches in what is known as the back end of the system, meaning the part of the website that delivers consumer information to insurers. >>> federal investigators from the national transportation safety board will spend the next two days interviewing the crew and passengers who are on the commuter train that jumped the tracks in new york city, killing four people. speed may have been a factor. but as marley hall reports, investigators say
the obama administration had promised the fixes by this past weekend. congress is watching closely, because the success or failure of healthcare reform is expected to be a critical factor in next year's midterm elections. already the botched rollout has put enrollment rates far below white house targets. consumers now have just a few weeks to sign up for coverage to begin on january 1. to handle the surge, the technology team is scrambling to make more upgrades to the website and warns too much...
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these are problems that the obama administration created with the website themselves. they could have done this right. the problems are fundamental to the law. the economics of this law don't work. the president neve truth about it. he never told us it is not going to cost any money. well, it is going to cost a lot of money. >> i said $900 billion, it is already $2.7 trillion. >> actually, the president said it would save us money, he said you can have your own doctor, doctors are dropping off like flies. you can keep your own health care, that is totally untrue, it is just going to get worse. >> i think i know this president, i have studied this guy. he is a rigid radical idealogue, do you really think he will pull the plug on this? >> this is going to get worse. >> day after day, cancellation letter after cancellation letter. >> you haven't even gotten into people who have the corporate policies. that is the much larger group of people. we got a notice the other day that next year it will be reevaluated. a lot of those people will be dropped off. that will start to a
these are problems that the obama administration created with the website themselves. they could have done this right. the problems are fundamental to the law. the economics of this law don't work. the president neve truth about it. he never told us it is not going to cost any money. well, it is going to cost a lot of money. >> i said $900 billion, it is already $2.7 trillion. >> actually, the president said it would save us money, he said you can have your own doctor, doctors are...
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the obama administration wanted something signed by the end of the year. now we're hearing let's take our time. maybe we do not need to rush it through after all. that is probably what is going to happen. >> on iran? >> i think he is doing the same thing. we are talking about delaying actions. the administration has no interest in sanctions. i think the democrats are discussing it. it will affect the defense authorization debate. if they cannot get a deal on , and the to the senate republicans do not seem amenable , the plan b seems more likely. >> not another round of sections? congress will hold off? republicans will wait? >> republicans will try but they cannot do it without the democratic leadership doing it. too.is interesting, there are democrats who probably would see stronger sanctions against iran. this falls on harry reid to try to figure out how to keep this from becoming a debate on the floor. they cannot control it. it could throw a wrench in the works. some democrats may have a deal less inclined to push sanctions on a rant. another is a deal
the obama administration wanted something signed by the end of the year. now we're hearing let's take our time. maybe we do not need to rush it through after all. that is probably what is going to happen. >> on iran? >> i think he is doing the same thing. we are talking about delaying actions. the administration has no interest in sanctions. i think the democrats are discussing it. it will affect the defense authorization debate. if they cannot get a deal on , and the to the senate...